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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Positives/Negatives

As a career, hotels, cruise lines, hospitals, nursing homes and government health departments recruit nutrition and dietetics professionals for a good salary. If you join a shipping company such as Shell, Maersk or their subsidiary companies that run tourist ships along with logistics and oil et al., you would get the opportunity to travel to several countries situated along the shorelines.

Positives/Negatives

+ives:

• If you have scored less in school, no worries, a course in nutrition and dietetics is easy to get admitted to.
• Besides post graduate Master’s degree, colleges also offer one year diploma and pg diploma in nutrition and dietetics.
• The subject is quite interesting and very much applicable in our daily lives. You can design food charts for your own family members and not just for your customers. The subject provides ample scope for personal research as well.

-ives:

• The starting salaries are comparatively lower than other professions.
• The opportunities may be limited if you are looking for an excellent job paying you high in your local area alone. On the other hand, if you are willing to travel, the salary may be high.
• Jobs over ships and cruise lines may require you to stay away from home for several weeks.